Holding-clip.



E. T. RASEHICK. HOLDING CLIP. mumu FIILED can 20. 1 91;.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918;.

hung on the holder.

' nary' leather UNITED sfrarns ragfn'u'r OFFICE.

CHARLES r. nascmcx, or s r. rant, mnmnso'rn.

Roma ne-one,

hpplieation filed October so, 1911.

To all whom if may row-em. V

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. RASGHIGK, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. .Paul. in thecount-y of Ramsey and btate of Minnesota.have invented anew and useful Improvement in Holding-Clips, of which ithe following is a "specification.

,This invention relates to holders which are usedprimarily byw-aitressesor waiters to hold restaurant ticket clips in which thechecks or tiekets held The holder is usually attached to the skirt,belt, pocket or the regular leather belt which is worn by the waiterandthe clip holding the restaurant checks or tickets is hung on theholder which is formed on the can alsobe used to holdkeysoi' other artcles and the prirn ary A object in a locking means which will .pre ventthe accidental. lll'lOYtll oi: the holder of the user or the artiel'eheld by the holder. The holder is of simple'eonstruetion' and formed'soas to giye a neat appearance when the same is in use.

Inthe" drawing forming part of this speeificationz- 1 q Figure 1. is aperspective yiew' of the holding clip. i

Fig-2'- is a side elevation-of the same.

Fig. 3. is a' plan view of the clip.

Fig. l, is a side elevation of the clip at- ,tached to the pocket of agarment and illusti'ates a portion of a ticket.

'in the hook port on, same. The holding cl p Fig. 5, illustrates theholding clip tached to alportion of a leather belt andthe tiel tetholding clip hungv on the same, only a portion of the'tieket'pli p isshown. In the drawing, A represents the holder which is formed ofa'si'ngle strip ojfjhin spring material andwhich is bent to'ftorm aloop-201i its upper portion and bent. to form a holding hook-3- on itslower portion. The upper loop 2 is shapedto receive an or belt 13.. aportion of the belt being illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Theloop 2 is forme ith parallehsides -l and 5 having an upperc-urved'portion .(l and a lower curved portion 7 The curve por' tion 7is forn'tod with an upwardly extendingpo'rtion 8 which lies adjacent andparal lel the side 4 ofthe loop *2. The end 9 of the portion 8 is curvedinwardly away from r the side a5 vent catching of the end of the l ofthe'loop 2 slightly so' as a prejpertlong 8 on Speeification ofLetters'Patent.

' tongue portion the outer portion jeeting portion 14.

3. The portion 12 has a locking holding clip ..the leather belt'or .andthe-hook 3 is inserted into the opening lihmd the-tongue Serial m.199,257.-

the garment C When the holding clip A is used on the garment. 'In theuseof the clip. A on the garment, the curved end 9 allows As illustrated inFig. l, a holding clip A is attached to a porket D formed on thegarme'nt C only a portion of the garment beingillustrated. In the use.ot' the clip in this manner, the garment is engaged between the sides aand the end portion 8 of the loop '2; while in the use of the clip A asillustrated in Fig. 5, the belt B is adapted to he slipped through theloop 2 and. is held locked to the belt against removal by the Curvedupper and lower ends (5 and T and the end or The hook 3 of the clip A isformed'with a curved lower portion 10 in which the ticket holding clip Eis adapted to hang. The inner side 11 of thehook 3 is formed by an.extension'ofthe port-ion 4 of the loop and 12 of thehook 3 extendsupwardly from the curved portion 10 toward the portion 4r. portion 12 iscurved to form a slightly pro is adapted to bear against as to normallyclose the hook tongue 15 cut out oi the same and shaped so that. itslower curved portion ll) inner side of the portion llwith its lowerextremity 17 curved away fronrthe side it slightly; The tongue being outfrom 'The portion 13 the side 4 so the portion 12 by the diewhvntln-,clip is formed. In the use of the holding elip A. it is secured tothe garment oi the user either to as illustrated in Fig. l

18 formed in the back elip E The ourved upper ond ilri"illl(l\\'fi theclip F to be easily atlavhod' to the hook l5 rises sulliriently to allowthe (:lip E to enter the body portion of the hook 3. The ,elip disconstructed of spring material and the upper-endltl will close theopening of thehook. while the tongue will close the body portion or loopof the hook 3 so as toprevent the ticket holding clip E from accidentalslipping out-of the hook 3. i

The tiekrt holding (lip is the mnvoil or lm(l portion 3-and free to moreup in freely held in H) of the hook the hook I) as far Patentedflet. 15,19-18.

The upper end 13 of the rests against the I easy removal of the samewhen it isdesired.

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ot' the lit'kot. lmlding ltlll as the locking ig. 5, but gagement of tfrom, as it weal the belt and S e same when it mg clip from hold tion isvery de is any preventing th he ticket clip from chance of the tongue15, as i s ill of the clip 4, ti

sirable; especially holding am mg disengaged from", the garment The oredge of While the c construction, to th desire to have tion can hecarried out applied to other uses Within-th 0 owing elaii I n a holdformed from which is bent gagingloop w th per and lower curved orma-iono" ine .o 3 f I 1 l 0 Vent it honiagriiiscd e exact form and shap toslip ns. mg clip of sing e piece eaccidental the belt. Thisconstrucwnere there ee A becomover the a garment when it is ass-sad indisenthe hook.

1e waiter in might accidenta lly the posiof the riser. es not pre shirt,belt desired. gs illustrate a fipartieular the class described ofmaterial,

to form an encircling belt enparallel sides,

portions, a

lel sides, rvin'g away fro having up tongue pro 1 v portion 1 paralleland enga e the end of m the side.

against which said tongue engages and the side of said belt engagingloop against which said tongue engages. being extended and curved toform a holding hoo the 'free end of which engages against the outersurface of said side of said belt engaging loop, at a point directlyopposite the tongue formedon said belt engaging loop,

therefrom with its free end extending in an direction to the ,free endof said 100: and engaging against said extended side in. said hook loopto form a locking means for said holding hook. Y

n a holding clip of the class described formed from a single piece ofmaterial engagingloop formed on one end having parallel sides. a. tongueformed on said belt emraging loop which is adapted to engage against oneof said parallel sides and lie parallel thereto, a hook formed on theother end of said clip with its free end engaging against one of saidparallel sides having its outer extremity curving away and for i withthe free end of said hool; having its' free end ofsmd belt engagatongueout mg loop having a tongue WlllCll is adapted to be ad acent toanparallel with the b0 y sa d clip, the free col 7 y portion ofsaid 'hold'portion extendi 'gh't line and connecting said b ing: cop-and saidholding hook

